Insights + Trends
Explore innovations, evolving library workflows, and real stories from libraries worldwide improving the patron experience.

After more than twenty years of planning, Belmont Public Library reopened with a space designed around people, light, and a quieter kind of technology.

What AI is, where libraries are already using it, and key takeaways from Bibliotheca’s most-attended webinar.

Tuning into the future: Discover the Partner Summit ON AIR 2026 in Barcelona, where EMEA & LATAM partners united to broadcast a new era of library innovation.

A practical conversation on AI in libraries, what is changing, what to consider, and how to move forward with confidence.

Explore how quickConnect goes beyond self-checkout, with tools for personalization, promotion, and operational control across the library.

A new locker system extends library access beyond the building, enabling secure, around-the-clock pickup in a range of community locations.

Learn how libraries use quickConnect to promote programs, increase visibility, and engage patrons at selfCheck stations.

Flower Mound Public Library installed smartShelf borrow along a busy patron path, making check-ins and checkouts faster and easier for families and visitors.

Visitors can explore self-service, automation, and access solutions, including remoteLocker+, the Romi mobile library robot, and more.

From MARC records to generative models, library systems have evolved for decades. We trace what’s changed for users and staff — and what libraries must govern next.

A small unstaffed library in northwest Jefferson County is open every day of the year. The community has responded: 4,400+ registered users and steadily growing traffic.

The two-day, pre-conference event will bring together library leaders and staff for hands-on training, live demonstrations, and practical discussions focused on self-service, automation, access, and RFID technologies.